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USGS Bulletin 2217 Field Guide to Hydrothermal Alteration in the White River Altered Area and in the Osceola Mudfl ow, Washington By David A. John, James J. Rytuba, Roger P. Ashley, Richard J. Blakely, James W. Vallance, Grant R. Newport, and Gary R. Heinemeyer Prepared for the Society of Economic Geologists Field Trip, November 6, 2003 Bulletin 2217 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Field Guide to Hydrothermal Alteration in the White River Altered Area and in the Osceola Mudflow, Washington By David A. John, James J. Rytuba, Roger P. Ashley, Richard J. Blakely, James W. Vallance, Grant R. Newport, and Gary R. Heinemeyer Bulletin 2217 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey 1 U.S. Department of the Interior Gale A. Norton, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Charles G. Groat, Director Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2003 Electronic copies of this publication are available online at http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/bulletin/b2217/ Additional USGS publications can be found online at http://geology.usgs.gov/products.html For more information about the USGS and its products: Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1–888–275–8747) World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/ Published in the Western Region, Menlo Park, California Manuscript approved for publication October 25, 2003 2 Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Road log from Enumclaw to the White River Altered Area and the Osceola Mudflow along the lower White River, Washington ............................................................................................. 2 Part 1: The White River Altered Area ........................................................................................................ 3 Geology of the White River Altered Area ......................................................................................... 3 Economic Geology of the White River Altered Area—Historical Perspective .......................... 4 Hydrothermal Alteration and Mineralization in the White River Area......................................... 4 Geophysical Framework of the White River Altered Area............................................................. 6 Geochemical Exploration Studies of the White River Altered Area............................................. 7 Stop 1: Superior (Ash Grove) Silica Quarry...................................................................................... 9 Stop 2: Taugow.................................................................................................................................... 10 Stop 3: Scatter Creek (James Hardie) Silica Quarry..................................................................... 10 Part 2: The Osceola Mudflow in the Lower White River ...................................................................... 11 General Features of the Osceola Mudflow .................................................................................... 11 Hydrothermal Alteration in the Osceola Mudflow ........................................................................ 12 Stop 4: Osceola Mudflow near Greenwater................................................................................... 13 Stop 5: Osceola Mudflow in the Corliss Gravel Quarry................................................................ 13 References................................................................................................................................................... 13 Figures 1. Map showing location of the Western Cascades and High Cascades arcs and associated mineral deposits, northwestern United States.................................................... 16 2. Map showing areas inundated by Holocene debris flows from Mount Rainier....................... 17 3. Photograph of vuggy silica alteration in the Scatter Creek (James Hardie) silica quarry ..... 17 4. Geologic map of the White River area, showing field trip stops................................................. 18 5. Heterolithic breccia (lahar) in the Fifes Peak Formation.............................................................. 20 6. Finely bedded tuffs from small outcrop about 0.5 km north of the Superior quarry................. 20 7. Silicified flow-banded dacite showing large flow fold.................................................................. 20 8. Map showing distribution of hydrothermal alteration in the White River area ........................ 21 9. Photo of leached phenocrysts in vuggy silica alteration in the Scatter Creek quarry............ 22 10. Photo showing sharp contact between vuggy silica alteration and advanced argillic alteration in the Scatter Creek quarry ....................................................................................... 22 11. Schematic model for high-sulfidation gold deposits, showing zoning of hydrothermal alteration assemblages and ore types ...................................................................................... 23 12. Log ƒO2-pH diagram showing fluid relations forming vuggy silica alteration ........................... 23 13. Aeromagnetic anomalies of the White River altered area and surrounding regions.............. 24 14. Cross sections of IP surveys across the White River altered area ............................................ 25 15. Geophysical anomalies of the White River altered area and surrounding regions................. 26 16. Ground magnetic studies of the White River altered area........................................................... 27 17. Ground magnetic profile across White River altered zone.......................................................... 28 18. View of the Superior (Ash Grove) quarry from Taugow................................................................ 28 19. Generalized geologic map of the Superior quarry......................................................................... 29 20. Gray vuggy silica rock with abundant voids after phenocrysts in andesite flow..................... 30 21. Photographs of sulfide minerals in vuggy silica from the Superior quarry ............................... 30 22. Enargite filling funnel-shaped void in white chalcedonic silica in the Superior quarry ......... 30 III 23. Tan chalcedony replacing relict flow and devitrification layers in dacite flow in the Superior quarry.............................................................................................................................. 31 24. Massive tan chalcedony cut by hydrothermal breccias with sulfides in gray areas in the Superior quarry.............................................................................................................................. 31 25. Felsic porphyry dike in the Superior quarry.................................................................................... 31 26. Hydrothermal breccia with clasts of early stage white chalcedony in tan to gray chalcedony with sulfides in gray areas in the Superior quarry ............................................ 32 27. Sulfide-bearing hydrothermal breccia developed in massive tan silicified rock in the Superior quarry.............................................................................................................................. 32 28. Massive tan silicified rock cut by stockwork of sulfide-bearing gray chalcedony in the Superior quarry.............................................................................................................................. 32 29. Brecciated siliceous hydrothermal sedimentary rocks in the Superior quarry ....................... 33 30. Fault breccia with clay-supported fragments that contains high gold content (1.7 ppm) in the Superior quarry................................................................................................................... 33 31. North-striking fault with red clay gouge developed in massive vuggy silica rock .................. 33 32. Red to brown smectite clay zone developed from alteration of bedded tuff ............................ 34 33. Taugow from the Superior quarry .................................................................................................... 34 34. Knob of alunitic alteration on Taugow............................................................................................. 34 35. Leached silicified tuff breccia with relict pyroclastic textures exposed in road cut near top of Taugow ................................................................................................................................ 35 36. Narrow fine-grained silicic dike cutting silicified tuff breccia near top of Taugow................ 35 37. Blocks of vuggy silica alteration in hydrothermal breccia near top of Taugow....................... 35 38. Generalized geologic map of the Scatter Creek quarry................................................................ 36 39. Stockpile of sized silica at Scatter Creek quarry........................................................................... 37 40. Gray vuggy silica rock cut by white quartz and chalcedony veins and hydrothermal breccias in the Scatter Creek quarry......................................................................................... 37 41. Voids developed in porphyritic andesite after leached plagioclase and pyroxene phenocrysts
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